Meanwhile, Amash has been given a district that includes Democratic-leaning Grand Rapids and Calhoun County, home of former U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, a Democrat who narrowly lost to U.S. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, last fall.

In an e-mail to Tea Party of West Michigan members this week, leader Tina Dupont urged them to speak out against the new map. Kent County “shares almost nothing with communities in Calhoun County.”

Kevin Rex Heine of the Independence Caucus of Kent County, a tea party related group, told a legislative committee the map moving Calhoun County into Amash's 3rd District "is garbage."

"I could do a better job in my sleep," the Kentwood resident told legislators, according to the Associated Press.

A spokeswoman for Amash said he is not commenting on the redistricting map, which was approved by the state House earlier this week.